Willow Creek Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Willow Creek Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Willow Creek Recreation Path near Harlem, IL. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Willow Creek Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 731–784 ft
Out & Back · Willow Creek Recreation Path
Trailhead: 42.34118, -89.01184
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Woodward Way, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Zenith Parkway, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Willow Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Zenith Parkway, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Woodward Way, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 6:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Perryville Path 12.4 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Perryville Path 3.6 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Willow Creek Trail 6 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Perryville Path 2.3 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Pierce Lake via Willow Creek Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 29 ft
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